I wonder if they do in fact sign Machado, will Cash package Andujar with another top flight prospect for a #1 starter. This will be a very interesting and exciting off season. Can't wait until next season. I have a gut feeling the Yankees are going to have a historic season.

^^^ By the way that article did not take into account his terrible September. 213 BA during crunch time when we were battling the A's. 5 HR, 3 of which came at the end of the season which were MEANINGLESS. 33 SO in 94 at bats. From the outside looking in his numbers look good. Watch the Yankees on a daily basis and you will see that sometimes numbers do in fact lie.

I said sub par pitching NOT TEAMS, This a quote from an article from September, not even including his abysmal clutch hitting in the post season:(rated the least clutch "star in the MLB")
Overall wRC+: 133
Clutch: -1.97
If Hicks and Judge want to feel better about their clutch performances, they can always look over to Giancarlo Stanton.
Mind you, the 28-year-old slugger has had his moments in 2018. He's clubbed four high-leverage home runs, including a walk-off against the Seattle Mariners on June 20.
Despite those, however, his returns have diminished as the leverage has gotten higher in 2018:
The power is nice, but Stanton is just a .196 hitter with a .250 on-base percentage in high-leverage spots. It doesn't help that he's tended to try to force things, as he has just a 7.1 BB% in high-leverage.
Low Leverage: 147 wRC+
Medium Leverage: 130 wRC+
High Leverage: 68 wRC+

You would be singing a different tune if we had JD and you had him. Did you happen to watch the Yankees this year? He did it all year vs good and sub par pitching. All to often his stats were meaningless during games. Either insurmountable deficits or with big leads. He was really good for a third of the season and barely mediocre for 2/3rds . He is not a good fit. HR or nothing is just too common on this team. Cash needs to sprinkle some pixie dust on some GMs during the winter meetings. Maybe he can get a sucker, um...I mean trade partner to listen.

Totally agree. I know I am hard on Stanton all the time but unfortunately he couldn't change the narrative. Pressure + Stanton = failure. Michael Kay had a great point today. He mentioned how Yankee fans are comparing Arod to Stanton. He said Arod was a far better player than Stanton. Arod created his own failures while Stanton is not a very good hitter. He will hit home runs but with tons of strike outs, mediocre average and prolonged slumps. Another 9 years with this bum. I really hopes he make me eat crow. He had his chance multiple times but, well...you know the story.

If this team can stay healthy and play to their abilities they can put together a 1998esque year. Obviously improve the rotation a bit as well. I'm sooo psyched about the playoffs. Team is really firing on all cylinders. I'm trying to procure some WC tix but doesn't look good.